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Class notes Philosophy Understanding the Times Unit 5 Marxism

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This document covers the fifth unit of Understanding the Times, which concerns the worldview: Marxism. This specifically covers Marxism's Ten Pillars (concerning the ten foundations in the Communist Manifesto), key terms and defintions (e.g. socialism, marxism, dialectal materialism...), a Q&A sect...

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1.

Proletariat morality (s.6 p.g. 110)

Answer: The belief that whatever advances the proletariat and communism is morally good and whatever hinders the proletariat and communism is morally evil. Associated with violence and vilifying of the bourgeoisie and praise of the proletariat.

2.

Class consciousness (s.6 p.g. 110)

Answer: The belief that the working class is becoming increasingly aware of their position in society and their oppression by the bourgeoisie. Associated with Thomas More’s Utopia.

3.

Proletariat (s.3 p.g.106)

Answer: Literal definition is \"First from the bottom\" ; working class wage earners who don\'t own the means of production.

4.

Bourgeoisie (s.3 p.g.106)

Answer: Started as the middle class (NOW UPPER CLASS) who controlled the market through guilds-men, craftsmen, tradesmen, etc., and own the means of production

5.

Economic Determinism (s.3 p.g.106)

Answer: The view that economics is the foundation for the whole superstructure. ➔ Idea: everything is about economics (s.3 pg. 105)

6.

Hegelian dialect (s.3 p.g.105)

Answer: This view was conceived by George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. It concerned how people see and react to the world at any time in history (the thesis) produces a reaction, in which the goal is the negation of the way things are done (the antithesis); the antithesis becomes the norm and in turn is opposed in what is called the \"negation of the negation\"; once conflict is resolved between the thesis and antithesis, a synthesis is formed from the merging of the thesis and antithesis.

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Dialectical Materialism (s.3 p.g.105)

Answer: The belief that only the material world exists and class struggles are the mechanism behind social and economic progress. ➔ Idea: history is a struggle in which the move toward a state of communism is inevitable (s.3 pg. 105)

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State Capitalism (s.2 p.g.103)

Answer: The practice of federal governments taking ownership and management of private businesses.

9.

Qui tacet consentit (s.1 p.g.100)

Answer: Consent with silence

10.

Marxism (s.1 p.g.100)

Answer: - philosophy of Karl Marx - an atheistic and materialistic worldview 1. Abolition of private property 2. Promotion of public ownership by means of production (socialism) 3. Utopian dream of a future Communistic state

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